strangled
Americanadjective
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sounding as if made by a constricted throat.
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not able to continue or grow because of suppression.
Example Sentences
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In the past 250 years, a nation once so fragile that it might have been strangled in its cradle has risen above all its major competitors and established itself as the world’s pre-eminent power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
The Academy Awards broadcast, which once routinely drew audiences of 40 million, saw its viewership plummet to 10.4 million in the pandemic strangled year of 2021.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The conflict with Iran has strangled movement through the Persian Gulf and catapulted the price of a barrel of oil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
The war has strangled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a U-bend-like chokepoint off the Iranian coast that acts as a highway for more than a third of the world’s oceangoing oil exports each year.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026
Fig released a strangled whimper and scuttled to the back of the carrier, then crouched into a tight ball.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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